Chapter 1 - Intro To Stats, Charts, And Graphs

Question 1

A science dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data is called _______

Answer 1

Statistics

Question 2

One way to subdivide the field of statistics is into the two branches of _______ and ______

Answer 2

Descriptive and Inferential

Question 3

A collection of persons, objects or items of interest is a ___________

Answer 3

Population

Question 4

Data gathered from a whole population is called a

Answer 4

Census

Question 5

If a population consists of all the radios produced today in the Akron facility and if a quality control inspector randomly selects forty of the ratios, the group of forty is referred to as _______

Answer 5

A Sampl

Question 6

If data are used to reach conclusions only about the group from which the data are gathered, then the statistics are referred to as ________ statistics

Answer 6

Descriptive

Question 7

If data are gathered from a subgroup of a larger group and the data are used to reach conclusions about the larger group, then the statistics are said to be ______ statistics

Answer 7

Inferential

Question 8

Another name for inferential statistics is _______ statistics

Answer 8

Inductive

Question 9

Descriptive measures which are usually denoted by Greek letters are called ______

Answer 9

Parameter

Question 10

A Characteristic of any entity being studied that is capable of taking on different values is a ________

Answer 10

Variable

Question 11

When a standard process is used to assign numbers to particular attributes or characteristics of a variable, it is called a ____

Answer 11

Measurement

Question 12

Recorded measurements are

Answer 12

Data

Question 13

The highest level of data measurement is ____

Answer 13

Ratio

Question 14

If a number represents the geographic location of a business, then the level of data represented by the number is probably ______

Answer 14

Interval

Question 15

If the data being gathered are only ordinal level data, then the researcher should only use ___ statistics to analyze the data

Answer 15

Nonparametric

Question 16

The level of data measurement used when ranking items is ___

Answer 16

Ordinal

Question 17

The ages of managers of fast-food restaurants are which level of data?

Answer 17

Ratio

Question 18

An employee’s identification number is what level of data?

Answer 18

Nominal

Question 19

The number of freight cars per train for five hundred trains is what type of data?

Answer 19

Ratio

Question 20

The elevation of a town is what type of data?

Answer 20

Interval

Question 21

The number of feet it takes a car to stop going fifty miles per hour is what type of data?

Answer 21

Ratio

Question 22

The number of ounces of orange juice consumed by each Floridian in the morning is what type of data?

Answer 22

Ratio

Question 23

The volume of wheat in each silo in Nebraska in August is what type of data?

Answer 23

Ratio

Question 24

A rating scale of productivity of each worker has as its adjectives: very poor, poor, average, good, outstanding

Answer 24

Ordinal

Question 25

A person’s religious preference is which type of data?

Answer 25

Nominal

Question 26

Weights of statistics’ textbooks is what type of data?

Answer 26

Ratio

Question 27

Years of experience on the job is what type of data?

Answer 27

Ratio

Question 28

Number representing a worker’s assignment to the red team, blue team, or green team at oak where the red team is considered the top workers, the green team is considered the least productive workers, and the blue team is for workers in the middle is what type of data?

Answer 28

Ordinal